Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next couple of hours. We start with news that the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will …
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The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids. As Donald Trump has ramped up his unprecedented effort to deport immigrants around the country, Ice officers have become notorious for wearing masks to approach and detain people, …
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Arsenal’s pursuit of Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres has hit an impasse, with discussions over the transfer structure reaching a frustrating deadlock. Talks with Sporting Lisbon have made little headway in recent days, resulting in growing despondency among those closest to the player. Gyokeres desperately wants a transfer to Arsenal Sporting remain firm on their demands Gyokeres’ father going through an …
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Sony Interactive Entertainment’s live service endeavors have taken another hit with Destiny 2: Edge of Fate. Bungie’s latest expansion opened to one-third of the player numbers that Destiny 2’s previous expansions saw, raising concerns about the game’s long-term health. Can Sony find a live service replacement for Destiny 2? According to Steam Charts (via ResetEra), Edge of Fate — which …
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Juul Labs can continue to sell its e-cigarettes and refill cartridges per a decision Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. According to an announcement on Juul’s website, the FDA determined that its e-cigarette device and pods — which come in tobacco and menthol flavors — are “appropriate for the protection of public health.” Thursday’s authorization, first reported by The …
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The recent comments from Patriots owner Robert Kraft regarding former Patriots coach Bill Belichick seemed to suggest a thawing of the frozen-shoulder relationship that has emerged between them. Belichick didn’t see it that way. He apparently viewed Kraft’s remarks about the hiring of Belichick being the best move Kraft has made as a slight, a diss. A backhanded compliment. Which …
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Electronic music festival Tomorrowland will go ahead as planned, despite the main stage being destroyed by a massive fire on Wednesday — just one day before festivities were set to begin. In a statement shared on Instagram, organizers of the festival in Belgium wrote, “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been …
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Tomorrowland will go ahead as planned, even after the main stage caught fire on Wednesday, July 16, one day before the massively popular EDM festival in Belgium was set to begin. In a statement shared on Instagram, organizers wrote, “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged.” They also confirmed …
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Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. Since the 1800s, energetic particles have probed the fundamental nature of matter. Rutherford’s gold foil experiment showed that the atom was mostly empty space, but that there was a concentration of mass at one point that …
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With the Trump-CBS lawsuit out of the way, the $8 billion merger between the network’s parent, Paramount, and independent studio Skydance Media would seem to be a fait accompli. As if anything involving Donald Trump is that easy, On The Money has learned. True, the lawsuit filed by the then-president-elect in December alleging that CBS deceptively edited an interview with …
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